The origins of modern Germany / by G. Barraclough
1957, Reprint. Oxford : B. Blackwell. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #479736
Physical description: xi, 481 pages, [3] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 23 cm. Contents: The German peoples in the Carolingian Empire and the rise of the German Duchies -- The first century of the German monarchy (919-1024) -- The foundation of the German Empire -- Germany in the eleventh century: the era of progress and promise -- The investiture contest and the German constitution -- The results of the investiture contest -- Frederick I and the new imperialism (1152-1190) -- The crisis of the Hohenstaufen Empire (1190-1215) -- The reign of Frederick II and the interregnum: the end of the imperial epoch (1215-1272) -- The expansion of Germany: colonization and conquest of the East -- Government and politics from the interregum to the Golden Bull (1272-1356) -- The consolidation of the principalities (1356-1519) -- The eclipse of the empire: the princes, the empire and the people from the reformation to the nineteenth century (1519-1806) -- The empire and the people in modern Germany (1806-1939). Subjects: Germany History. Germany Politics and government.
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